Question

There are 2,500 red stones and 2,501 blue stones in a bag. You can pick as many as you want. If the number of red and blue stones is equal, then the total number will be given as many gold coins. Now tell me, how many stones do you have to lift?​

Answer 1

Answer:

24

Step-by-step explanation:

Let total number of balls in jar =x

Then number of blue balls in jar =

3

1

x=

3

x

And number of red balls =

4

1

x=

4

x

And number of orange balls =10 (given)

∴x=

3

x

+

4

x

+10

⇒12x=3x+4x+120

⇒12x−7x=120

⇒5x=120

⇒x=24

Then total balls in jar is 24.

Answer 2

Answer:

2500

Step-by-step explanation:

2500 red stones

25001 blue stones We get coins for paired stones there are 2500 pairs, so we can get 2500 coins